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A Guide to the Statistics Bureau, the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) and the Statistical Research and Training Institute Japan A Guide to the Statistics Bureau, Director-General for Policy Planning A (Statistical Standards) and the Statistical Research and Training Institute Japan Training and the Statistical Research Statistics Bureau Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 19-1 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8668 Japan Phone : +81-3-5273-1116 Fax : +81-3-5273-1010 E-mail : [email protected] Website : http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.htm 英文ガイド：表紙【PDFX4】.indd 1 2015/03/12 10:59 A Guide to the Statistics Bureau, the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) and the Statistical Research and Training Institute March 2015 Statistics Bureau Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Japan Statistics Bureau Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 19-1 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8668 Japan Phone : +81-3-5273-1116 Fax : +81-3-5273-1010 E-mail : [email protected] Website: http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.htm A Guide to the Statistics Bureau, the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) and the Statistical Research and Training Institute (page) Introduction ···································································································· 1 Chapter I Profiles of the Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) of Japan ························································· 2 1. The roles of the Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning in the Japanese statistical system ···························································································· 2 Chapter II Organization and Functions of the Statistics Bureau ··························· 5 Mission and Guidelines······················································································· 5 1. Organization and Functions of the Statistics Bureau ·············································· 6 2. General Affairs Division ··················································································· 7 3. Statistical Information Systems Division ······························································ 7 4. Statistical Survey Department ··········································································· 7 5. Field organizations and collecting data ······························································· 8 Chapter III Production of Fundamental Statistics ··············································· 13 1. Statistics on population, housing, and land ·························································· 13 (1) Population Census ······················································································ 13 (2) Current Population Estimates ········································································· 18 (3) Internal Migration Statistics ············································································ 19 (4) Housing and Land Survey ············································································· 20 2. Labour statistics ···························································································· 25 (1) Labour Force Survey···················································································· 25 (2) Employment Status Survey ··········································································· 30 3. Statistics on establishments and enterprises ························································ 34 (1) Economic Census for Business Frame ·························································· 34 (2) Economic Census for Business Activity ························································· 39 (3) Unincorporated Enterprise Survey ·································································· 42 (4) Survey of Research and Development ····························································· 46 (5) Monthly Survey on Service Industries ······························································ 49 (6) Establishment and Enterprise Census〔1947-2006〕 ········································· 54 (7) Survey on Service Industries〔1989-2004〕 ····················································· 57 (8) Establishment Frame Database ······································································ 60 4. Statistics on household income and expenditure, price statistics ······························ 63 (1) Family Income and Expenditure Survey ··························································· 63 (2) National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure ············································ 67 (3) Survey of Household Economy ······································································ 70 (4) Retail Price Survey ······················································································ 73 (5) National Survey of Prices〔1967–2007〕 ························································· 79 (6) Consumer Price Index ·················································································· 83 5. Social statistics ···························································································· 86 (1) Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities ······················································· 86 Chapter IV Compilation and Dissemination of Statistical Information ··················· 90 1. Collection and compilation of statistical information ··············································· 90 (1) Grid Square Statistics ··················································································· 90 (2) Census Mapping System (CMS) ··································································· 91 2. Dissemination of statistical information ······························································· 93 (1) Website ····································································································· 93 (2) Inter-Ministry Information System for Official Statistics (IMISOS) ··························· 94 (2)-1 “Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat)”··········································· 95 (2)-2 Online Survey System (OSS or “e-survey”) ··················································· 99 (3) Compiling statistical compendia ······································································ 102 3. Secondary Use of Statistical Information ····························································· 103 (1) New framework for secondary use of official statistics ········································· 103 (1)-1 Provision of the Anonymized Data ······························································ 103 (1)-2 Tailor-made Tabulations ··········································································· 104 4. Statistical Library and Statistical Museum ···························································· 105 Chapter V International Cooperation in Statistics ·············································· 106 1. International cooperation ················································································· 106 (1) Bilateral cooperation ···················································································· 106 (2) Receiving visitors from abroad ······································································· 107 (3) Technical cooperation ·················································································· 107 2. Activities related to international statistical conferences ·········································· 107 (1) Participation in international statistical conferences ············································· 107 (2) Hosting international statistical conferences ······················································ 108 3. Provision and exchange of statistical information ·················································· 109 Chapter Vl Director-General for Policy Planning ················································ 110 1. Organization and functions of the Office of the Director-General for Policy Planning ····· 110 (1) Director for Statistical Planning ······································································· 111 (2) Directors for Statistical Clearance ··································································· 111 (3) Director for International Statistical Affairs ························································· 111 2. Statistics Act ································································································ 111 3. Overview of Master Plan Concerning the Development of Official Statistics……………… 113 4. Examining plans and budgets for censuses and statistical surveys ··························· 114 5. Establishing and improving statistical standards ··················································· 115 6. Compiling national Input-Output Tables ······························································ 115 7. Managing the local government statistical system ················································· 116 8. Promoting the public understanding of statistics ···················································· 117 9. Coordinating international statistical affairs with international training cooperation ········ 118 (1) Activities related to international statistical conferences ······································· 118 (2) Participation in international statistical activities ················································· 118 (3) Providing and exchanging statistical information ················································ 119 (4) Cooperation with
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